Question: If you beat a man every day, and then every once in a while say his hair looks nice, do you think he will like you?
Answer: No, because that is a stupid thing to think.
I guess a few Republicans don’t realize this.
Three Republican Congressman have made “It Gets Better” videos for gay youth. For those not in the know, the It Gets Better videos are vlogs encouraging gay youth to continue fighting for their rights and standing up against prejudice, and though things are hard now, they will get better. These began at the height of teenage suicides brought on by bullying.
For some reason, three right wing dudes decided it would be a good idea to shove their over-privileged faces into an IGB video to – I don’t fucking know – seem compassionate? Complete a dare? Win a bet? Make asses of themselves?
Look guys, no one is going to crack a smile and say, “Aw, ya know those 3 have voted for DOMA and DADT, but shucks, they really do care about me”. No one on this planet is dumb enough to watch this video and think these guys give a shit about the well-being of homosexual youth.
When you literally hold the power to push for real change that would ACTUALLY bring equality to homosexuals, and then consistently deny them that equality, YOU ARE ANTI-GAY VOTING REPUBLICANS. Making a video telling them, “Hey it gets better, but not while I’m around because I’m going to keep voting against your rights!” is a mockery and insulting.
Yeah, you probably don’t want kids offing themselves – who does? I don’t question that these 3 didn’t have the intent to offer a good message (okay, maybe I do question it a bit), but it’s a slap in the face to say that they want these kids to be happier, but then go to work and vote against giving them the right to marry their loved ones.
No one trusts a wolf in sheep’s clothing…and I sure don’t trust anti-gay voting Republicans to do a damn thing to make sure it actually does get better.
Do you have documentation of their voting record? This little rant of yours is the first time I’ve felt that you’ve just written something arbitrarily aggressive. It’s not that I don’t think that the republican party has a terribly prejudiced track record, I was just surprised by this response. Hey, if some doddering old assholes wanna start acting tolerant to get some more votes, then great! They can live their little lie, and everyone can live a better life.
At 3 of the people in the video have a history of voting directly against gay rights, including marriage and DADT.
And yeah, it is aggressive, because it made angry. While the It Gets Better project is to socially discourage bullying and encourage pride and acceptance, a lot of that existing social anti-gay stigma comes directly from our country’s leaders denying rights and equality to homosexuals. It’s ridiculous -in my eyes- to say, “Hey kid it’s okay to be gay, don’t kill yourself! But yeah I don’t think you should be able to be openly gay in the army, oh and also you can never get married, cause you’re gay”. It’s bullshit, and like I said, though they may have the best intentions, I do not believe this was a respectful video.
And no one is living a better life when these people – the people with the power to change things – don’t move toward change.